WikiJournal User Group
WikiJournal User Group
Open access • Publication charge free • Public peer review • Wikipedia-integrated
The mission of the WikiJournals is to publish scholarly works with no cost for the authors, apply quality checks on submissions by expert academic peer review, and make accepted works available online free of charge in perpetuity.
WikiJournals publish a range of article formats. These include broad review articles that become Wikipedia pages (either written from scratch, or adapted from existing Wikipedia pages), focused review articles that may be used to update just one section of a Wikipedia page, multimedia articles that are used to enrich Wikipedia articles, and original research articles. Integrating suitable information into Wikipedia (and other Wikimedia projects) improves the accuracy of the encyclopedia, rewards authors with citable, indexed publications with much greater reach than traditional scholarly publishing, and increases participation in Wikimedia projects.
Members of the WikiJournal User Group encompass a diverse range of roles. If you have any specialist skills and expertise you'd like to contribute, there are a number of potential roles to be involved in either on an ongoing or a once-off basis.
Organization, members and community
editGeneral membership
The User Group is open to anyone interested to join as a member (whether you have a Wikimedia account or not). There is no membership fee and all members can vote in journal elections.
In addition to the open email list, we hold several open video meetings each year, and have a number of on-wiki discussion pages. Presentations and posters are also available to check out or share with colleagues.
Journal roles
Journal editors
Editorial boards and associate editors: editorially independent boards that make decisions regarding the journal and its contents, coordinate peer reviews and run most day-to-day editorial activities of each journal.
Administrative board: a group with roles across the journals, including administrative, financial, HR, and creation and/or acceptance of additional journals in the group.
Authors
Writers of submitted articles: range from experienced wikimedians to one-off users contributing new content or submitting from other projects to request external peer review. You can submit original research, review articles, or even Wikipedia articles.
You can also translate any articles (or even just article abstracts) into other languages!
Peer reviewers
Peer reviewers: field-specific experts invited by journal editors to give external comment on submitted articles. They are typically not experienced Wikimedians and often contribute only once in their highly specialized role. Whilst most peer reviews are are invited by journal editors reaching out to experts for feedback, spontaneous feedback on submitted articles is always welcome.
Staff roles
WikiJournal Staff
Technical editors: assistant staff who help in back-of-house administration, technical, formatting and time-sensitive tasks to support and assist the editorial boards and associate editors.
Project coordinators: responsible for overseeing the articles-in-processing pipeline to make the peer review process as smooth as possible (one per journal).
Administrative assistant: managerial role, coordinating technical editor activities, managing vendors, and platforms, and handling administrtative paperwork.
Executive Director: executive role responsible for supporting and forwarding the operations of the journal group, reporting to the administrative board and editorial boards.
Journals in this group
editThe WikiJournal User Group is intended to support an expanding group of open access journals focused on various topics.
| Journal title | Logo | Scope | Review | Abides | Indexed & Listed | Started | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WikiJournal of Medicine Wiki J Med http://www.WikiJMed.org Q24657325 |
|
medicine biomedicine |
Public academic peer review by independent experts | ICMJE COPE BOAI |
ISSN: 2002-4436 DOI: 10.15347/WJM DOAJ: Listed SCOPUS: Listed COPE: Member |
2014 | Twitter Mailing list
|
| WikiJournal of Science Wiki J Sci http://www.WikiJSci.org Q22674854 |
|
science technology engineering mathematics |
Public academic peer review by independent experts | ICMJE COPE BOAI |
ISSN: 2470-6345 DOI: 10.15347/WJS DOAJ: Listed SCOPUS: Listed |
2018 | Twitter Mailing list
|
| WikiJournal of Humanities Wiki J Hum http://www.wikijhum.org/ Q56816727 |
|
humanities arts social science |
Public academic peer review by independent experts | ICMJE COPE BOAI |
ISSN: 2639-5347 DOI: 10.15347/WJH |
2018 | Twitter Mailing list
|
| WikiJournal of Psychology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Wiki J PPB https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_of_PPB Q105451083 |
|
psychology psychiatry behavioral sciences |
Public academic peer review by independent experts | ICMJE COPE BOAI |
2023 |
| |
| WikiJournal Preprints Wiki J Pre https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_Preprints Q100164397 |
|
preprint working paper |
Initial checks for misconduct and standards (articles in preparation, or undergoing peer review) | ICMJE COPE BOAI |
2017 |
Pillars
edit- No cost for authors to have their works published
- Open access for anyone to read, adapt, and distribute without cost
- Peer review of all articles before publication, by at least two knowledgeable persons for the subject at hand
- Transparency, with peer reviews and article discussions being open for everyone
- Engagement, with anyone free to share ideas, contribute to, and edit the journals (though changes to an article's meaning require a new peer review)
Milestones
edit- User Group
- 2014-03-25: Wikiversity Journal is officially created by Mikael Häggström
- 2016-05-31: Recognition as a Wikimedia User Group
- 2017-10-23: Registration as a non-profit organization in Sweden
- 2019-10-15: Awarded Open Publishing Award in the Open Publishing Models category
- 2020-12-21: Registration as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in USA
- Individual journals
Readership
editThe incoming clicks from the DOI codes of articles amounted to 12,680 per month in September 2022:[notes 2]
- WikiJournal of Medicine: 6,424
- WikiJournal of Science: 5,934
- WikiJournal of Humanities: 323
Articles that are integrated into Wikipedia received further views of 560,000 per month on that site in November 2022:
- WikiJournal of Medicine: 243,180 (with a further 186,780 from articles with sections from WikiJMed articles)
- WikiJournal of Science: 181,620
- WikiJournal of Humanities: 134,460
Donation
editWikiJournal User Group relies on donations either to Wikimedia Foundation (Donation site), or directly to WikiJournal User Group:
WikiJournal User Group is a non-profit (501(c)(3)) organization accepting donations through PayPal or credit card.
See also
edit- Annual reports
- Meeting minutes
- Application to become a thematic organisation
- Proposal to found a Wikimedia Journals 'Sister project'
- Presentation at Wikimania 2019
- Article about the project in The Signpost, 30 June 2019
- Article about the project in The Conversation. May 24, 2016
- Podcast by Primedia Broadcasting. May 31, 2016
- Preliminary WikiJournal of Business and Economics - The nucleus/start of a business journal.
- Comparison to other non-Wikimedia journals